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Giving Back While Living in Jakarta Volunteering with ANZA Social Welfare By Zani van Staden, Social Welfare Co-Director with Majorie Rinckes, ANZA Volunteer Photos by Zani van Staden and Majorie Rinckes
Adjusting to a different country can be very challenging, especially if your normal routine and work-life change significantly. Many of us seek a sense of community, purpose and fulfilment. This is where ANZA can play a big role in connecting people and creating various opportunities for socialising, learning and volunteering. ANZA’s Social Welfare Programme is run by a team of dedicated volunteers who give their time, skills and effort to help out with the 17 projects that we currently support. There are many different ways in which you can get involved, from project coordination, admin, finance and teaching to marketing and events. This issue we are celebrating two of our members who have made a big impact during their time in Jakarta. We would like to thank Marjorie Rinckes and Catherine Anderson for everything they have contributed to the Social Welfare projects and the wider ANZA community. We (and the kids!) will miss them a lot and wish them all the best with their new adventures!
Marjorie Rinckes Volunteer Teacher at Kampung Kids
How did you get involved with Kampung kids? Shortly after I arrived, I met Indu, both our husbands worked at the NZ Embassy. She told me about a volunteer position at Kampung Kids that she was going to be involved with and it all started from there. Can you tell us a little more about Kampung Kids and the kind of volunteering you did? Every Monday morning, I go to Kampung Kids for an hour and take a class of between seven to ten children, aged 4 and 5 years old. We start by singing some well-known songs such as “Heads, shoulders knees and toes” and “If you're happy”. We then have mat and worksheet time, where we learn numbers from one to ten in Bahasa Indonesia and English. (You don't need to know Bahasa to volunteer here!). We then do an art activity (which I usually get from Pinterest). We have made bear masks from cotton wool balls, Octopus with pipe cleaner legs etc. We just have a lot of fun! There is an Indonesian teacher there to help us the whole time. He is great! ANZA also financially contributes to Kampung Kids. The money goes to providing the needy students with a hot meal at lunchtime. The Kampung school is for students unable to attend state school due to some form of financial hardship or poverty. I also spoke to the senior students at the school I taught at in New Zealand and they held a fundraiser for Kampung Kids.
